# Incident 20190927018659I: Piper PA-18-150, Kalispell, MT, September 27, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 2019, 16:45 local time
- Place: Kalispell, MT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2162° N, 114.3276° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalispell, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2162&lon=-114.3276&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4158L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4158L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-18-150 (registry code 7101828, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 25,700 total, 390 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190927018659I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OVERFLEW AIRPORT TO OBSERVE WINDSOCK. WIND WAS DIRECT HEADWIND FOR RUNWAY 31. DESCENDED TO TPA ON LEFT DOWNWIND. LANDED WITH FULL FLAPS 3 POINT LANDING. WIND SHIFTED 90 DEGREES COMING FROM LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY WITH GUST. COLD AIR FRONT MOVED ONTO AIRPORT. AIRPLANE BEGAN TO WEATHER VANE INTO THE WIND AND OFF RUNWAY. APPLIED BOTH RUDDER AND POWER TO PUT THE AIRPLANE BACK OVER RUNWAY. AIRPLANE BRIEFLY LIFTED BACK INTO THE AIR DURING ATTEMPT TO REALIGN WITH RUNWAY AND TOUCHED DOWN WITH A SIDE LOAD ON THE LEFT LANDING GEAR. LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRPLANE CAME TO A STOP IN THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. LEFT WINGTIP AND PROP CONTACTED THE GROUND.

REPORTED EVENT TO NTSB.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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